City Rescue Mission in Jacksonville is providing accommodations for 100 people at its 234 W. State St. facility.

The shelter will open at noon Friday.

The Salvation Army in Jacksonville will provide shelter for the city's homeless population. Officials have not yet released an open time or date.

Hotels

Action New Jax checked area hotels and found there are still rooms available along J.Turner Butler Boulevard, including La Quinta Inn and Suites and Hampton Inn. Both are pet friendly.

Hotel employees said area hotels are filling up but they are also getting cancellations throughout the day as people change their plans.

Northeast Florida residents have some competition as South Florida residents like Shauna Stewart are finding refuge in the River City.

“We looked in Atlanta, we moved to Macon, then new moved to Savannah and all of that was booked,” Stewart said. “We found that hotels here along the coast, east coast, were available so we chose the first one north that we could found, which was here in Jacksonville,” she said.

Duval Mayor Lenny Curry is urging people in evacuation zones A and B to leave now before the roads get clogged.

St. Johns County also has an curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly beginning Sunday for St. Augustine Beach, St. Augustine and portions of St. Johns County lying east of the Intracoastal waterway on the barrier islands.More information from St. Johns County.

Nassau County shelter information

Nassau County officials said five shelters will open at 6 p.m. Friday, when mandatory evacuation orders go into effect.

Shelters have opened in Nassau County and mandatory evacuations are underway. Don't wait TOO long. Traffic and winds will not be your friend

Bradford County shelter information

A shelter at Starke Elementary School, 1000 Weldon Street, will open Saturday at 6 p.m. The shelter is for the general population, people with special needs and pets.

Two other shelters at Madison Street Baptist Church, 900 W Madison Street, and First Baptist Church, 163 W. Jefferson Street, will open Saturday at 6 p.m.

Officials are asking people to bring essentials including personal hygiene items, medications, electronics, cot or air mattress, blankets, pillows, important papers, entertainment items, etc. If you are bringing your pet it must be in a crate and have its own water and food supply.

Putnam County shelter information

Putnam officials have opened seven shelters in the county.

County officials announced a mandatory curfew will begin Sunday at 8 p.m. through 8 a.m.

A new shelter opened! 7220 PRC Way, Palatka. This shelter is for general population and animals. For questions please call 386.329.1904. pic.twitter.com/fYSuhSPy9q